Southern Tasmania Surf Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Friday 4th June)

Best Days: Selected locations tomorrow, possibly early Friday, Saturday

Features of the Forecast (tl;dr)

• Easing mix of swells tomorrow fresh to strong N tending weaker NW winds
• Tiny W/SW swell Sun with N tending fresh N/NE winds
• Building W/SW swell Mon with fresh N/NE tending N winds, easing Tue with NE winds
• W/SW groundswell for late Tue and Wed but with increasing S-SE winds

Recap

Tiny waves persisted around 1-1.5ft yesterday, while today we've got a little more size with 1-2ft sets across Clifton, but a cold onshore change has since hit, with some new windswell due later today.

This weekend and next week (Jun 5 – 11)

Currently a strong cold front is pushing up and into us and the surf should be on the build with sets to 3ft due by dark, easing quickly tomorrow from 2ft as the front pushes east this evening.

We'll see conditions clean up as another frontal system races in from the west, bringing fresh to strong N tending weaker NW winds.

Sunday looks on the tiny size with 1-1.5ft sets and moderate N tending fresh N/NE winds.

A new mid-period W/SW swell should fill in Monday, generated by a favourably aligned fetch of strong to gale-force W/SW winds pushing under the country today and tomorrow morning, with the swell due to peak through the afternoon.

Waves to a consistent 2ft are expected, with the possible 3ft set at its peak through the afternoon along with fresh N/NE tending N winds, fading Tuesday as NE winds persist.

Moving into Wednesday our onshore change is still likely as broad, slow moving mid-latitude low edges in slowly from the west, spoiling a new, inconsistent W/SW swell generated by the earlier stages of the swell.

Strong SE winds are on the cards with a mix of swells to 2-3ft or so, not cleaning up until the low breaks down or pushes further east late week.

Unfortunately, longer term there's nothing significant on the cards at all for our region. So make the most of the coming, small pulses of swell. Have a great weekend!